1929 in music

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Events

May 3 - Francis Poulenc's Concert champêtre for harpsichord and orchestra is premiered in Paris
May 17 - Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 3 is premiered in Paris
December 31 - Guy Lombardo plays "Auld Lang Syne" for the first time
Charley Patton's musical career begins
T-Bone Walker's recording career begins
Memphis Minnie's recording career begins
Amédé Ardoin makes the first recordings of zydeco in Louisiana.
Manuel de Falla relocates to Granada.

Top blues records

"That Crawling Baby Blues" - Blind Lemon Jefferson
"Travelin' Blues" - Blind Willie McTell
"Christmas In Jail" - Leroy Carr
"Hot Fingers" - Lonnie Johnson
"High Water Everywhere" - Charley Patton

Published popular music

"Ain't Misbehavin'" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller & Harry Brooks
"Am I Blue?" w. Grant Clarke m. Harry Akst
"Any Old Time" w.m. Jimmie Rodgers
"Around The Corner" w. Gus Kahn m. Art Kassel
"The Banjo (That Man Joe Plays)" w.m. Cole Porter
"Barnacle Bill The Sailor" w.m. Carson Robison & Frank Luther
"Big City Blues" w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Archie Gottler & Con Conrad
"Bilbao Song" w. (Eng) Johnny Mercer w. (Ger) Bertolt Brecht m. Kurt Weill English lyrics 1961
"Black And Blue" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
"Bolero" m. Maurice Ravel
"Broadway Melody" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
"Can Broadway Do Without Me?" w.m. Jimmy Durante
"Can't We Be Friends?" w. Paul James m. Kay Swift
"Chant Of The Jungle" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
"Corrine, Corrina" w. J. Mayo Williams & Bo Chatman
"Cross Your Fingers" w. Arthur Swanstrom & Benny Davis m. J. Fred Coots
"Cryin' For The Carolines" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Warren
"Daddy Won't You Please Come Home?" w.m. Sam Coslow
"Dear Little Cafe" w.m. Noel Coward
"Deep Night" w. Rudy Vallee m. Charlie Henderson
"Do Something" w. Bud Green m. Sam H. Stept
"Do What You Do" w. Ira Gershwin & Gus Kahn m. George Gershwin
"Don't Ever Leave Me" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
"Dream Lover" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
"Every Little Moment" w.m. Vivian Ellis
"Feeling Sentimental" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Find Me A Primitive Man" w.m. Cole Porter
"Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do" w.m. Charles Straight, Joe Bennett & George Little
"Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?" w. Andy Razaf & Don Redman m. Don Redman
"Great Day!" w. Billy Rose & Edward Eliscu m. Vincent Youmans
"Happy Days Are Here Again" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
"Have A Little Faith In Me" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Warren
"Here Am I" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
"He's A Good Man To Have Around" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
"He's So Unusual" w.m. Al Sherman, Al Lewis and Abner Silver
"High And Low" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
"Honeysuckle Rose" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
"How Am I To Know?" w. Dorothy Parker m. Jack King
"I Got A Code In My Dose" w.m. Arthur Fields, Fred Hall & Billy Rose
"I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz. Introduced by Clifton Webb in the revue The Little Show
"I Have To Have You" Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting
"I Lift Up My Finger" w.m. Leslie Sarony
"I May Be Wrong" w. Harry Ruskin m. Henry Sullivan
"If I Can't Have You" w. Al Bryan m. George W. Meyer
"If I Had A Talking Picture Of You" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"If Love Were All" w.m. Noel Coward
"I'll See You Again" w.m. Noel Coward
"I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"I'm A Gigolo" w.m. Cole Porter
"I'm In Seventh Heaven" w.m. Al Jolson, B. G. De Sylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson
"I'm Just A Vagabond Lover" w.m. Rudy Vallee & Leon Zimmerman
"I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling" w. Billy Rose m. Fats Waller & Harry Link
"Kansas City Kitty" w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
"Keepin' Myself For You" w. Sidney Clare m. Vincent Youmans.
"Let Me Sing And I'm Happy" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Little By Little" w.m. Walter O'Keefe & Robert Emmet Dolan. Introduced by Sally O'Neil and Eddie Quillan in the film The Sophomore
"The Little Things You Do" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Liza" w. Gus Kahn & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Intrpoduced by Nick Lucas in the musical Show Girl
"Looking At You" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Jessie Matthews and Dave Fitzgibbon in the musical Wake Up and Dream
"Louise" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting. Introduced by Maurice Chevalier in the film Innocents of Paris
"Lovable And Sweet" w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant. Introduced by Jack Oakie, John Harron and Ned Sparks in the film Street Girl
"Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere" w. Elsie Janis m. Edmund Goulding
"March Of The Grenadiers" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger Introduced by Jeanette MacDonald in the film ''The Love Parade
"Maybe Who Knows" John Tucker, Joe Schuster, Ruth Etting
"Mean To Me" w. Roy Turk m. Fred E. Ahlert
"The Minor Drag" m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
"Miss Hannah" w.m. Don Redman & John Nesbitt
"Miss You" w.m. Harry Tobias, Charles Tobias & Henry Tobias
"Moanin' Low" w. Howard Dietz m. Ralph Rainger. Introduced by Libby Holman in the revue The Little Show
"More Than You Know" w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans. Introduced by Mayo Methot in the musical Great Day
"My Ideal" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting & Newell Chase. Introduced by Maurice Chevalier in the film Playboy of Paris
"My Kinda Love" w. Jo Trent m. Louis Alter
"My Love Parade" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
"My Mother's Eyes" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer
"My Sin" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Nobody's Using It Now" Clifford Grey, Victor Schertzinger
"On The Amazon" w. Clifford Grey & Greatrex Newman m. Vivian Ellis
"Orange Blossom Time" w. Joe Goodwin m. Gus Edwards
"Pagan Love Song" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
"Painting the Clouds With Sunshine" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
"Paris, Stay the Same" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
"Piccolo Pete" w.m. Phil Baxter
"Puttin' on the Ritz" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Raisin' the Roof" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
"Reaching For Someone" w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
"Rockin' Chair" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
"Romance" w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
"Satisfied!" w. Irving Caesar m. Cliff Friend
"Serenade of Love" by Irving Caesar
"Seventh Heaven" w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Lew Pollack
"She's Such A Comfort To Me" w. Douglas Furber, Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief & Donovan Parsons m. Arthur Schwartz
"She's Wonderful" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
"A Ship Without A Sail" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Should I?" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
"Canto Siboney" w. Dolly Morse m. Ernesto Lecuona
"Singin' in the Bathtub" w. Herb Magidson & Ned Washington m. Michael H. Cleary
"Singin' in the Rain" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
"So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together" w. Billy Moll m. Harry Barris
"S'posin"' w. Andy Razaf m. Paul Denniker
"Spread A Little Happiness" w.m. Vivian Ellis, Richard Myers & Greatrex Newman
"Star Dust" w. Mitchell Parish m. Hoagy Carmichael Music 1927.
"Sunny Side Up" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Thank Your Father" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Then You've Never Been Blue" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ted Fiorito
"Thinking Of You" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
"True Blue Lou" w.m. Sam Coslow, Leo Robin & Richard A. Whiting
"Wait 'Til You See Ma Cherie" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting
"Waiting At The End Of The Road" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Wake Up And Dream" w.m. Cole Porter
"Walk Right In" Cannon, Woods, Darling, Suanoe
"Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine" w. Irving Kahal & Willie Raskin m. Sammy Fain
"The Wedding Of The Painted Doll" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
"What Is This Thing Called Love?" w.m. Cole Porter
"What Wouldn't I Do For That Man?" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney
"When It's Springtime In The Rockies" w. Mary Hale Woolsey & Milton Taggert m. Robert Sauer
"Why Can't I?" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Why Do You Suppose?" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Why Was I Born?" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
"With A Song in My Heart" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Without A Song" w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans
"You Do Something To Me" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by William Gaxton in the musical Fifty Million Frenchmen
"You Were Meant For Me" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
"Yours Sincerely" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"You've Got That Thing" w.m. Cole Porter
"Zigeuner" w.m. Noël Coward

Classical music

Samuel Barber - Serenade [for quartet or string orchestra]
Béla Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 1
Arnold Bax - Symphony No. 3
Henry Cowell - Piano Concerto
Pierre-Octave Ferroud - Violin Sonata
Paul Juon - Litaniae for Piano, Violin and Cello in C sharp minor
Wilhelm Kempff - Symphony No. 2
Ildebrando Pizzetti - Rondo Veneziano
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 3 E flat major, Op. 20
William Walton - Viola Concerto

Opera

Hans Chemin-Petit

Der gefangene Vogel
Lady Monika

Musical theater

Bitter Sweet (Noel Coward)

London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on July 12 and ran for 673 performances
Broadway production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on November 5 and transferred to the Shubert Theatre on February 17, 1930 for a total run of 159 performances

Boom Boom Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on January 28 and ran for 72 performances
Dear Love opened at the Palace Theatre on November 14 and ran for 132 performances
Die Dreigroschenoper Vienna production
Fifty Million Frenchmen Broadway production opened at the Lyric Theatre on November 27 and ran for 254 performances
Follow Thru Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on January 9 and ran for 401 performances
Follow Through London production opened at the Dominion Theatre on October 3 and ran for 148 performances
Hold Everything London production opened at the Palace Theatre on June 12 and ran for 173 performances
Hot Chocolates Broadway revue opened at the Hudson Theatre on June 20 and ran for 219 performances
The House That Jack Built London revue opened at the Adelphi Theatre on November 8 and ran for 270 performances
Das Land Des Lächelns (Franz Lehár) - Berlin production opened at the Metropol Theater on October 10
The Little Show Broadway revue opened at the Music Box Theatre on April 30 and ran for 321 performances
Love Lies London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on March 20 and ran for 347 performances
Mr. Cinders London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on February 11 and ran for 528 performances
Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) - Paris production
Spring Is Here (Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: Owen Davis) Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on March 11 and ran for 104 performances
Toad of Toad Hall London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on December 17
Top Speed Broadway production opened at Chanin's 46th Street Theatre on December 25 and transferred to the Royale Theatre on March 10, 1930 for a total run of 104 performances
Wake Up And Dream (Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter)

London revue opened at the Pavilion on March 27 and ran for 263 performances
Broadway revue opened at the Selwyn Theatre on December 30 and ran for 136 performances

Musical films

Applause starring Helen Morgan. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian.
The Battle of Paris starring Gertrude Lawrence, Charles Ruggles, Walter Petrie, Gladys DuBois and Arthur Treacher. Directed by Robert Flory.
Broadway starring Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy, Evelyn Brent and Otis Harlan. Directed by Paul Fejos.
The Broadway Melody
The Cocoanuts
The Desert Song starring John Boles, Carlotta King, Louise Fazenda and Myrna Loy. Directed by Roy Del Ruth.
The Glad Rag Doll
Glorifying the American Girl starring Mary Eaton and Dan Healy and featuring Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan and Rudy Vallee.
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Happy Days starring Charles E. Evans and Marjorie White and featuring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell
Hollywood Revue Of 1929
Honky Tonk starring Sophie Tucker
The Love Parade starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane and Lillian Roth
Marianne starring Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray and Cliff Edwards
On with the Show! starring Arthur Lake, Betty Compson and Joe E. Brown, and featuring Ethel Waters
Paris released November 7 starring Irène Bordoni, Jack Buchanan and Zasu Pitts.
Rio Rita starring Bebe Daniels and John Boles
Sally starring Marilyn Miller, Alexander Gray and Joe E. Brown
Show Boat
So Long Letty starring Charlotte Greenwood
Song of Love starring Belle Baker, Ralph Graves and Eunice Quedens
Sunny Side Up starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell and Marjorie White
Tanned Legs starring Ann Pennington, June Clyde, Arthur Lake, Dorothy Revier and Sally Blane. Directed by Marshall Neilan.
The Vagabond Lover starring Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane and Marie Dressler. Directed by Marshall Neilan.
Why Leave Home? starring Sue Carol, Nick Stuart, Dixie Lee and Ilka Chase. Directed by Raymond Cannon.
Words and Music starring Lois Moran, Helen Twelvetrees and Tom Patricola. Directed by James Tinling.

Recorded popular music

"Am I Blue?" by Ethel Waters
"Button Up Your Overcoat" by Helen Kane
"Heigh-Ho, Everybody, Heigh-Ho" by Rudy Vallee
"He's So Unusual" by Helen Kane
"I Want To Be Bad" by Annette Hanshaw
"I'll Get By, As Long As I Have You" by Aileen Stanley
"I'm The Medicine Man For The Blues" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
"If I Had A Talking Picture of You" by Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders
"Louise" by Maurice Chevalier
"Louise/So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together" by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys, featuring Bing Crosby
"Makin' Whoopie" by Eddie Cantor
"Maybe, Who Knows?" by Kate Smith
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" by Bessie Smith
"Piccolo Pete" by Ted Weems & His Orchestra
"Singin' in the Rain" by Cliff Edwards
"Stardust" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra
"What Did I Do To Be So Black and Blue?" by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
"You'll Do It Someday, So Why Not Now?" by Rudy Vallee

Births

January 3 - Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer and conductor
January 6 - Wilbert Harrison
January 28 - Mr Acker Bilk
February 10 - Jerry Goldsmith, composer for film and television
March 4 - Bernard Haitink
April 5 - Joe Meek, UK record producer
April 6 - André Previn
April 8 - Jacques Brel, Belgian singer
April 29 - Peter Sculthorpe, composer
May 1 - Sonny James
May 3 - Denise Lor
May 16 - Betty Carter, jazz singer
May 25 - Beverly Sills
June 9 - Johnny Ace
June 23 - June Carter Cash
July 3 - Pedro Iturralde, composer
July 9 - Lee Hazlewood
July 18 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
August 12 - Buck Owens
August 16 - Bill Evans, jazz pianist
August 24 - William Winfield, The Harptones
September 13 - Nicolai Ghiaurov, operatic bass
October 2 - Kenneth Leighton, composer
October 26 - Neal Matthews The Jordanaires
November 10 - Marilyn Bergman, songwriter
November 11 - LaVern Baker
November 12 - Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz pianist
November 24 - Eileen Barton, singer
November 28 - Berry Gordy Jr., record producer
November 30 - Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand
December 6 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
December 23 - Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter and singer
December 25:

Deaths

January 11 - Elfrida Andrée, organist, composer and conductor
January 24 - Jacques Bouhy, operatic baritone
January 30 - La Goulue, can-can dancer
February 24 - André Messager, conductor and composer
March 15 - Pinetop Smith, jazz pianist
April 15 - Antonio Smareglia, opera composer
May 17 - Lilli Lehmann, operatic soprano
June 2 - Don Murray, jazz clarinettist
June 4 - Harry Frazee, producer of Broadway musicals
July 3 - Dustin Farnum, singer, dancer and actor
August 3 - Emile Berliner, inventor of the gramophone
August 19 - Sergei Diaghilev, ballet impresario
September 4 - Frederick Freeman Proctor, vaudeville impresario
October 17 - Ada Crossley, singer
October 27 - A. M. Willner, composer and librettist
December - Blind Lemon Jefferson, blues musician
date unknown

Henri Berger, composer and royal bandmaster of Hawaii
Adolph Brodsky, violinist
Antonio Chacón, flamenco singer
Frederick Weatherly, songwriter

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